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€ 200,000 European Championships
August 2 - 5, 2023

(15) Niina Ahtiainen/Taru Lahti, Finland

Niina Ahtiainen
Finland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 11, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Imatra

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

106

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

5th (Jurmala 2020)

Career Winnings:

US$121,265.79

Taru Lahti-Liukkonen
Finland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 9, 1992 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tampere

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

139

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Alanya 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$226,369.81

Awards

Top Rookie 2015

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	US$5,670.25
FIVB	44	3	2	0	1	5	2	9	4	8	4	4	2	US$147,681.80
Overall	46	3	2	0	1	5	2	11	4	8	4	4	2	US$153,352.05

Previous Vienna Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2017	Did not play	Riikka Lehtonen - 9th
FIVB 2018	Riikka Lehtonen - 17th	Anniina Parkkinen - 17th
FIVB 2019	Riikka Lehtonen - 33rd	Anniina Parkkinen - 33rd
2021	Riikka Lehtonen - 17th	Anniina Parkkinen - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/20-23/2023	Challenge Edmonton	Q14	25th	220	US$0.00
FIVB	7/13-16/2023	Challenge Portugal	20, Q12	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	Q13	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	6/29-7/2/2023	Futures Helsinki	1	1st	400	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	6/15-18/2023	Challenge Jurmala	15, Q5	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/26-30/2023	Elite16 Uberlândia	Q7	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	4/13-16/2023	Challenge Saquarema	9	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/6-9/2023	Challenge Itapema	8	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	3/22-26/2023	Elite16 Tepic	Q6	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	10	17th	360	US$1,500.00
FIVB	11/10-13/2022	Uberlandia Elite 16	7	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	10/13-16/2022	Maldives Challenge	4	1st	800	US$10,000.00
FIVB	9/28-10/2/2022	Paris Elite 16	14, Q7	13th	460	US$5,000.00

European Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/2/2023	Pool B	Louisa Lippmann / Laura Ludwig, Germany (18)	Lost 21-23, 15-21	0:44
Wed, 8/2/2023	Pool B	Eva Freiberger / Katharina Holzer, Austria (31)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:36
Thu, 8/3/2023	Winner 1	Karla Borger / Sandra Ittlinger, Germany (16)	Won 24-22, 21-15	0:44
Thu, 8/3/2023	Winner 2	Valentina Gottardi / Marta Menegatti, Italy (3)	Lost 12-21, 15-21	0:40

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$14,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	10	0	0	$49,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	1	2	0	1	3	2	7	1	4	2	0	$82,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
Total	46	3	2	0	1	5	2	11	4	16	2	0	$152,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Niina Ahtiainen												Taru Lahti
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$7,000.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$14,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
23	0	0	0	0	2	5	12	2	0	$34,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	41	0	0	0	0	2	11	17	5	0	$88,500.00
46	1	2	0	1	6	9	11	8	0	$62,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	55	1	3	1	2	10	16	15	5	0	$91,112.50
6	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$4,550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$7,000.00
											Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	1	0	$7,875.00	Confederation Championship	13	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	7	0	$8,750.00
88	3	2	0	1	10	20	29	11	0	$116,425.00	Total	124	3	4	2	3	14	33	36	18	0	$210,737.50

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2022	FIVB	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	$36,500.00	16	13	55.2 %
2023	FIVB	10	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	4	1	0	$13,750.00	20	12	62.5 %
2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	17	2	0	0	0	2	0	5	1	6	1	0	$50,250.00	36	25	59.0 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Niina Ahtiainen													Taru Lahti
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
											2006	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2009	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	$4,800.00
											2012	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00
											2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2012	CEV Under Age
											2013	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2013	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$250.00
											2013	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$37.50
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	2013	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2014	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	$2,000.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2014	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$1,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2014	CEV C&S	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,762.50
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	CEV Under Age
											2015	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	2	1	$27,537.50
											2015	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$250.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2015	CEV Under Age
											2016	FIVB	14	0	1	0	0	2	4	5	2	0	$34,775.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
											2016	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$875.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$75.00	2016	CEV C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$825.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	2016	CEV Under Age
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$3,000.00	2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	$18,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$500.00	2017	CEV	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$140.00	2017	CEV C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2017	CEV Under Age
10	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	3	1	$17,550.00	2018	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	6	1	1	$19,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,625.00	2018	CEV	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,000.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	5	$6,500.00	2019	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	2	3	$18,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2020	CEV
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	$6,500.00	2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2021	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
9	1	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	1	$19,500.00	2022	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	$19,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
10	1	0	0	0	1	3	4	1	0	$6,875.00	2023	FIVB	10	1	0	0	0	1	3	4	1	0	$6,875.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
78	2	1	1	0	6	20	25	10	13	$67,015.00	Total	Total	110	5	2	2	2	12	29	30	17	11	$167,987.50

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	4-4	50.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	4-5	44.4%
2022-2023	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-0		0	0	2-2	50.0%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	6-8	42.9%	0-0		0	0	3-4	42.9%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	13	7	8	16	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	29
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	8	1	28	16	1	3	13	13	3	1	0	1	1	2	54	37
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	10	0
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
Total	0	0	21	8	45	38	2	3	18	23	5	1	0	1	3	2	94	76

Head to Head Results
Ahtiainen/Lahti trail the series against the field 10-11 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Gottardi/Menegatti, Italy 0-1
8/3/23	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Gottardi/Menegatti	3	Ahtiainen/Lahti	15	21-12, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # 4 Muller/Tillmann, Germany 0-3
7/5/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Qualifier 1	Muller/Tillmann	14, Q4	Ahtiainen/Lahti	Q13	21-18, 21-10	0:34
6/15/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Muller/Tillmann	16	Ahtiainen/Lahti	31	21-18, 20-22, 18-16	1:01
5/6/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Pool F	Muller/Tillmann	6	Ahtiainen/Lahti	18, Q2	15-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # 6 Kotnik/Lovsin, Slovenia 1-0
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool E	Ahtiainen/Lahti	20, Q12	Kotnik/Lovsin	5	21-14, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 7 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 0-2
6/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Winner 1	Graudina/Samoilova	1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	15, Q5	21-18, 22-20	0:39
7/8/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Winner 2	Graudina/Samoilova	6	Ahtiainen/Lahti	28	22-20, 14-21, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # 10 Sliwka/Wachowicz, Poland 1-0
6/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Lucky Loser	Ahtiainen/Lahti	15, Q5	Sliwka/Wachowicz	9	21-19, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 12 Bianchin/Scampoli, Italy 0-1
6/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Pool C	Bianchin/Scampoli	10	Ahtiainen/Lahti	15, Q5	21-17, 22-20	0:36
Trail the series against # 13 Paulikiene/Raupelyte, Lithuania 0-1
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Lucky Loser	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	24, Q24	Ahtiainen/Lahti	10	21-10, 12-21, 15-11	0:39
Trail the series against # 14 Hermannova/Stochlova, Czech Republic 0-1
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Pool C	Hermannova/Stochlova	15	Ahtiainen/Lahti	10	21-16, 19-21, 15-9	0:47
Lead the series against # 16 Borger/Ittlinger, Germany 1-0
8/3/23	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	15	Borger/Ittlinger	16	24-22, 21-15	0:44
Trail the series against # 18 Lippmann/Ludwig, Germany 0-1
8/2/23	CEV	European Championships	Pool B	Lippmann/Ludwig	18	Ahtiainen/Lahti	15	23-21, 21-15	0:44
Trail the series against # 20 Fernandez/Soria, Spain 0-1
3/22/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Qualifier 1	Fernandez/Soria	16, Q11	Ahtiainen/Lahti	Q6	38-36, 21-14	0:51
Lead the series against # 22 Helland-Hansen/Olimstad, Norway 3-0
7/20/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Qualifier 1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	Q14	Helland-Hansen/Olimstad	Q19	21-15, 21-14	0:33
7/13/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Qualifier 2	Ahtiainen/Lahti	20, Q12	Helland-Hansen/Olimstad	Q5	20-22, 21-10, 15-11	0:48
6/1/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Qualifier 1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	Q8	Helland-Hansen/Olimstad	Q9	21-17, 21-10	0:33
Lead the series against # 23 Dunarova/Mokra, Czech Republic 1-0
7/13/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Qualifier 1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	20, Q12	Dunarova/Mokra	Q21	21-16, 21-11	0:31
Lead the series against # 24 Carro/Lobato, Spain 1-0
4/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool D	Ahtiainen/Lahti	9	Carro/Lobato	21, Q6	21-8, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # 28 Piersma/van Driel, Netherlands 1-0
5/5/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Qualifier 2	Ahtiainen/Lahti	18, Q2	Piersma/van Driel	Q15	21-11, 21-23, 15-10	0:50
Lead the series against # 31 Freiberger/Holzer, Austria 1-0
8/2/23	CEV	European Championships	Pool B	Ahtiainen/Lahti	15	Freiberger/Holzer	31	21-16, 21-16	0:36